Transitional changes in health-disease: Why so many puzzling epidemiological situations?

Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 629-630

  Walker, Alexander R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034235717     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(00)00335-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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